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Wyoming media day portraits

September 2, 2011

About a month ago I did a series of portraits at the University of Wyoming’s football media day. The photos are for our Wyoming football tab that hit newsstands today. Shooting portraits at media day can be extremely hit or miss because the players are being pulled a hundred different ways to do interviews. Luckily, I had three friends who helped corral the players for me. I ended up setting up a little studio at one end of the stadium away from the action so I wouldn’t have random people walking into my backgrounds. I shot all the players using a three-light setup with no modifiers to give the football players a very harsh, tough look. This is something I’ve done this fall for all of the football portraits I’ve shot.

Wyoming runningback Alvester Alexander poses for a portrait during the University of Wyoming's media day on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at Memorial Stadium in Laramie.

Wyoming defensive ends Gabe Knapton, left, and Josh Biezuns pose for a portrait during the University of Wyoming's media day on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at Memorial Stadium in Laramie.

Camping at the library

September 1, 2011

I will occasionally hit up the library when I need a feature for the newspaper. Tonight they were having a camping event with crafts and s’mores. This isn’t the shot that’ll run in the newspaper on Friday, but it was my favorite. It’s kind of an in-between moment as some of the kids waited their turn to roast marshmallows on the fire.

Kids wait in line to roast mashmellows during a camping event on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, at the Laramie County Library. — Kids wait in line to roast marshmallows during a camping event on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, at the Laramie County Library.

Getting medieval in the park

September 1, 2011

I do a lot of feature hunting, meaning I don’t have many assignments so I have to go found something visually interesting going in on the community. I was trolling – driving around aimlessly hoping to catch something interesting – when I spotted something crazy going down in one of the city parks. I found a group of people dressed as medieval warriors fighting with sticks and axes. Of all the trolling I do in Cheyenne, this was by far the strangest thing I have ever found.

John Glidewell stares down his opponent as he prepares to strike during a fight practice for local members of the Society for Creative Anachronism on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, in Holiday Park. Group members fight in medieval armor and are not allowed to use limbs after they are hit by a weapon.

Cheyenne East vs. Cheyenne Central tennis

August 31, 2011

Last weekend I brushed off some football rust and today I brushed off some tennis rust. I haven’t shot tennis in a couple years. Luckily for me some clouds from an incoming storm provided great light and this player provided a quirky moment during the match when he went after a ball.

Cheyenne East's Trey Lowery returns a serve from Central's Sam Means, not pictured, during a tennis match on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, at Cheyenne East.

USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage 6

August 29, 2011

On Sunday I drove down to Golden, Colo. to watch the final stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. I got there early and hiked up the mountain with my cousin, two cameras, a 300 mm lens, a couple chairs and a cooler. We staked out a spot above on the of the switchbacks to watch the riders. I’m a fan of cycling after growing up watching Lance Armstrong. It was very cool to see some of the riders I recognized from the Tour de France as they spend by climbing Lookout Mountain. I was hoping the riders would be a bit more spread out as is the case with most of the mountain stages of the TdF. However, the riders were staying together in a peloton for the most part, making it difficult to identify and shoot the contenders as they sped by. I saw Frank Schleck at one point and had him in my viewfinder until a crazed fan ran in front of me.